40 Years in the Wilderness

 

“And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.” Deuteronomy 8:2

The Israelites were led to wander in the wilderness for forty years because God decided that the generation that was unbelieving should die off, rather than be able to take possession of the promised land. The fate of those unfaithful Israelites should ring especially relevant to what is occurring in our society today. Today’s church fails to recognize the war waged against God and His church, and in particular Christianity, by the left and their accomplices. And far too many churches respond by watering down their faith so as not to offend anyone. When charged with being closed minded and exclusive, too many churches respond by saying that there are many ways to salvation and that many religions actually worship the same God. “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6 

Most Christians understand that abortion is the legalized murder of the most vulnerable of us all, unborn children. Most Christians understand the wickedness of this “lawful” medical procedure. Most Christians know that we are called to protect the innocent. Do we cry out to protect them? Even though most Christians abhor this aberration, most simply acquiesce and go on our way. Roe v Wade is the law of the land, isn’t it?

The COVID-19 pandemic allows for the government to close our churches, but keep open casinos. Small businesses are closed, but the big box stores are allowed to remain open. The government decides who is essential and who is not. All of us are essential to our God. And what do we, as Christians, do? We acquiesce and dutifully don our masks and socially distance, abiding by man’s law while we disregard God’s plan for us. “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.  And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” Hebrews 10:23-25 The more we fall prey to fear, the easier it is to be controlled. The longer we are kept away from corporate worship, the more we lose our faith. The more that man’s law supersedes God’s law, the easier it becomes to accept that which God condemns. We willingly accept all these violations of our protected First Amendment right of freedom to practice our religion in order to keep others safe and to prevent the spread, don’t we?

Behavior expressly condemned by Scripture is enacted into man’s law and far too many of God’s churches say “Amen!” Too many churches readily adopt secular understandings of gender and sexual identity, failing to uphold Scripture. Sin is sin, no matter how we sugarcoat it. We all fall short and instead of helping our brothers and sisters to the narrow path, we again acquiesce. It is the law of the land after all!

So many are praying fervently for God to reach down and bring sanity back to this world. We pray that God intervenes and saves this great nation. We pray the God will bring a revival and bring us closer to Him. I am praying just as ardently for God to reach down and save us. But we must understand our role in what is happening to this nation that was originally founded based upon Judeo Christian values. God cannot be happy with the utter collapse of our nation into secular recklessness. God cannot be happy when Christians continue to willingly fall into the trap set by the Evil One. God cannot be happy as Christians are content with the status quo that will continue to persecute Christianity.

Our government is filled with representatives that place their desires ahead of those they represent. Our government is filled with those who place their own glory before our God and King. Our government is not “by the people and for the people”, it has become party first, citizens last. Our government is crushing free speech, freedom of religion and our God given right to the pursuit of whatever happiness one is willing to attain. What has become so sad is that the “silent majority” refuses to speak up. What we have become is a lost generation, engaging in self worship, so enamored with our own wants and desires, that our inaction is actually destroying the very freedom that allows our selfishness to flourish.

We, as a nation, have fallen far from the narrow path and have run headlong to the wide path of acceptance, diversity and fairness that must have the Evil One laughing with glee. “Our lives begin to die the day we silent about things that matter.” Said Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his “I have a dream” Speech. Will it be necessary for God to lead this nation into the wilderness for forty years, or will enough of His people stand up for what is right, true and pleasing to our Lord and Savior? If we Fail to act to elect those who respect and love the Lord and continue to place self-serving politicians that lead us to that wide path, we will surely need to be humbled and our hearts be tested. Only if we decide to respect and obey His commandments as a testament of our love for Him will God rescue our nation. Stay as we are and a reckoning is necessary. Silence will never bring about change, and most definitely will not be the impetus for a revival. It is long past due to end our silence and get involved. It’s never too late to convince God of our faith with our words and actions. Will you speak up for God?

 

Just Fix It!

In 2018 Tony Evers ran a successful campaign for Wisconsin Governor and defeated incumbent Governor Scott Walker. One of his slogans was “Just fix it”, referring to fixing the roads. Having just completed a contentious election with far too many charging that the election was stolen, it’s time we work to fix our election process to bring back trust and to restore faith that all elections are conducted openly and honestly.

Each and every article about the 2020 election I read from the mainstream media contains one or more of the following disclaimers, meritless claims of voter fraud, baseless accusations of voting irregularities or the declining trust in our elections driven by Trump’s unfounded claims of voter fraud. We need to accept the results of this election and just move on. Alrighty then! Let’s move on and fix some our voting vulnerabilities. The following are some common sense suggestions that could help reclaim our faith in our election system.

·         Millions of ballots are preprinted before each election, usually comprising the number of registered voters plus an additional 5-10% for any newly registered voters.

·         This leads to millions of ballots printed that are expected to go unused and must be destroyed.

In order for ballot fraud to occur the following elements must be present:

·         Desire of an individual or individuals to commit the fraud.

·         Ability of the individual(s) to commit the fraud.

·         Opportunity for the individual(s) to commit the fraud.

The only factor that we can actually affect is to reduce or limit the opportunity for fraud to occur. Unfortunately, blank ballots at polling places offer the opportunity for unscrupulous actors to engage in fraud. The following are suggestions that may reduce the opportunity for fraud to occur in our voting system.

·         All citizens eligible to vote should have a driver’s license or an identification card provided by each state.

·         These official documents are embossed with a picture of the cardholder and a barcode on the reverse of the DL/ID.

·         The photo and barcode are unique to each individual issued the DL/ID.

·         For further security, each DL/ID should have an imbedded chip, similar to the chips imbedded in credit cards.

During early in person voting and on election day, the voter must present their ID to the poll worker. The poll worker confirms and documents that the voter is on the voter roll and will cast a ballot in that name. With the information contained in the barcode and imbedded in the chip, the DL/ID would then be scanned at the site, and a unique ballot would be printed for each voter at the polling place. Printing a ballot should take 15 seconds or less. One voter, one ballot. No extra pre-printed ballots are necessary. No leftover ballots laying around the polling location. This would also eliminate confusion during Spring Elections that have various school districts, county races and other local races. This technology already exists. Each ballot printed would have a barcode unique to each individual that votes. Any ballots, found to be cast by an person ineligible to vote, could be readily identified, removed and deleted from the vote totals. This would also eliminate the additional ballots that could be fraudulently completed and scanned, what is commonly referred to as “ballot stuffing’’. As an example, unscrupulous individuals at polling locations could access the voter roll, enter the names of persons who had not voted, complete the unused ballots in that person’s name and then scan each ballot as if it were cast by that person on the voter roll.

In addition, voting should be consolidated to the Counties, eliminating the inequities in early in person voting and reducing the cost of the new technology. It would be fiscally impossible for each municipality to fund new equipment, maintain that equipment and to have early in person voting consistent with the larger municipalities. To enable voters outside of County seats, a number of satellite voting locations, run by each County, would need to be set up.

Mail in voting should be limited to:

·         Members of our armed forces overseas or stationed outside of their voting district.

·         Indefinitely confined individuals, confirmed only with a physician’s note and necessary to presented at each election, unless that individual is deemed permanently confined.

·         Those traveling abroad during early in-person voting and on election day.

·         Each mail in ballot must be properly completed with a witness signature and the witnesses’ current address.

·         Clerks “curing” improperly completed ballots is to be expressly prohibited.

Mail in voting, although each ballot is barcoded, allows for unscrupulous persons to complete ballots sent to them in error, fraudulently requested or stolen from common areas where mail is delivered. Increased mail in voting increases the opportunity for fraud, since there is no way to be absolutely certain those ballots were cast legally. In addition, the voter roll must be up to date and anyone who is no longer living at their registered address, has an invalid address (PO Box, no such address, etc.) or deceased must be removed from the rolls. With same day registration, it is unacceptable to have a voter roll that is out of date.

Our vote, that enables us to choose who represents us in our government, is one of our most sacred rights. This is not the time to stand pat and forgo utilizing the necessary solutions that have half of the population questioning the results. Without faith in our elections, we cease to have a Constitutional Republic. Granted, the technology upgrades will be costly, but we must have elections that our citizen’s respect and trust. Unfortunately, far too many continue to question the validity or have lost that trust in our election process. That is unacceptable. We must remedy this or we all fall.

“Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.” – Hillary Clinton

 

Blinded by Darkness

 

Bruce Springsteen originally wrote and recorded the song, “Blinded by the Light” in 1973. In a guest opinion piece published in the West Bend Daily News on January 9th, it would appear that Waring Fincke, and his all too apparent burning hatred of President Donald Trump and all things conservative, has fallen victim to a blinding darkness. Now that the special election in Georgia has consolidated the government power into the hands of the democrat party, Fincke revels in expectations of his vision of a return to the normalcy he so desires. In other words, ousting President Trump and delegitimizing conservatism by any means necessary.

First of all, I want to express condemnation for the ugly scene at the Capitol on January 6^th. Each and every rioter must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Anyone who breached and entered the Capitol must turn themselves in to the authorities. Conservatives are to respect authority and abide by the rule of law. Those who do not are not conservatives at all. They are no better than Antifa thugs.

In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. led a march to Washington DC, where he gave his, “I have a dream” speech. In it he said, “We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protests to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.” Dr. King emphasized non-violent means to protest injustices.

On January 6^th, 2020, President Trump held a rally in Washington DC where he spoke to a crowd of supporters prior to the certification of Joe Biden’s election as President. He spoke of his belief that pervasive fraud affected the outcome of the election. He is accused of provoking the assault on the Capitol by inciting an insurrection. From the text of his speech, “We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” Is there convincing evidence that this rhetoric falls under the definition of incitement of insurrection? It does not. Unfortunately, Fincke devolves into broad accusations without citing any specifics, simply uttering general and vague claims. One wonders if Fincke even took the time to read the transcript of the speech.

I will refrain from describing the riots and attacks on Federal buildings by BLM and Antifa, that some have cited to somehow lessen the severity of the criminal actions that took place at the Capitol. Two wrongs do not make a right. The hyper-partisanship Fincke displays is exactly what is wrong with our society. If we disagree, we need not hate each other. But that has become the norm. The second most important commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. (no matter their politics) There is no skin color in the eyes of our God. We are all his children. That makes us all brothers and sisters. To God, everyone matters, everyone is loved, no matter what we have done or failed to do. Instead of promoting hatred and revenge, we should be trying to heal our nation.

Instead of another exercise in unfounded impeachment theatre, cooler heads should prevail. Hatred and divisiveness will eventually lead to the fall of our Republic, especially if we allow them to continue to grow and fester. President Biden has the opportunity to take the moral high ground and put an end to this witch hunt. He said that he ran to heal our nation and put an end to the divisiveness he attributed to President Trump. He said that he will represent all Americans, even those who did not vote for him. Now is the opportunity. Will he choose to lead, or will he decide to punish his perceived enemies, that might just happen to include roughly one-half of our nation. I for one pray that he chooses wisely.

 

 

You Reap What You Sow

 

With the election in Georgia awarding the democrats full control of the legislative branch and the inevitable confirming of Joe Biden as President, the democrat party’s dream has finally been realized. They will get what they deserve. Problem is, we will be the one’s who suffer most. Once the democrats actually succeed in destroying this great nation and last bastion of freedom in the world, there will be nowhere to hide. The language app “Babel” has an on-line course in Mandarin. If you want to get in step with our soon to be landlords, I suggest you avail yourself and learn the new language of the new world order. The following is a list of what can be expected in this new brave world we are entering, in no particular order:

1.       The end of the Senate filibuster, effectively shutting out the minority party, allowing any and all progressive, aka crazy bad legislation to pass.

2.       Rules will be enacted to limit debate by the minority party. This has already happened in the House of Representatives.

3.       4-6 Justices will be added to the Supreme Court and additional seats will be added to Federal Appeals Courts to enable a permanent liberal democrat majority for decades to come. Any litigation brought by the minority party or any conservatives or conservative groups will have ZERO chance of challenging and upholding the Constitution or overturning any unlawful legislation.

4.       Washington DC and Puerto Rico will be granted statehood along with 4 democrat Senators, ensuring a permanent democrat majority.

5.       The Trump tax cuts will be repealed and the corporate tax will be increased to 28% or more. The current 21% corporate tax is on the high side, but it has been reasonable enough that many corporations returned to the US, repatriating $Billions to our economy and creating over 700,000 good paying manufacturing jobs. The increase in the corporate tax rate will force businesses to relocate overseas again, taking their jobs with them.

6.       There will be open borders and laws will be enacted to create a short path to citizenship for 11-20 million illegal immigrants.

7.       In order to make future elections fair, the Electoral College will be eliminated. After all, the people should elect their leaders. Say “Hi” to never having a voice in a national election again as California and New York will select your President.

8.       Since the COVID-19 pandemic has created a vehicle to eliminate numerous lower rung jobs and non-essential businesses, such as taverns, restaurants and small, mom and pop businesses, a government provided universal income will be provided. This will create a new “welfare state” where millions more are beholden to the government for their income that continue to vote democrat to maintain their benefits. This is the first step to full-blown socialism.

9.       Unions, unions, unions. The rebirth of the power of unions is upon us. After all, a good portion of the union dues are recycled back to the democrat party. The big blue fist is back, helping the democrats institute socialism for all!

10.   Next step: They’re coming for your money. This idea was actually discussed, in the open, by democrats in 2008 when they controlled Congress and the Whitehouse. Since there is not enough money in the world to pay for their “Green New Deal’, “Medicare for all”, free college tuition and other inane democrat policies, they will come for your investments. Currently, Americans have over $15Trillion invested in retirement programs. As with Social Security, this money will be nationalized. Since the government can more appropriately manage our finances, each retiree will be granted a stipend, as determined by unelected bureaucrats. After all, President Obama said he believed that at a certain point you’ve made enough money. In the height of hypocrisy Obama is now worth $70Million and owns an $11.75Million estate in Martha’s Vineyard. He and the democrat elite will never be subject to their own rules. Confiscating these investments will likely be frowned upon by the markets, causing the markets to crash, putting the entire economy at risk, but the ends always justify the means. And what happens when that money is gone?

11.   Get used to referring to your “biological birth parents” and “your gender-neutral siblings” as a new normal. Boys will be girls and girls will be boys and we must be careful to encourage our children to remain gender neutral and to experiment with different genders. And be certain to always use gender neutral language or you may have to pay a high price when the culture cancels you.

12.   The “Fairness doctrine” will be enacted to stifle conservative speech. Say goodbye to talk radio and conservative media.

13.   Forget about repealing the Chapter 230 protections for social media. They will ramp up their repression and censure of conservative thought.

14.   The US will re-enter the Iran Nuclear Deal, ensuring the destruction of Israel and putting us directly in the crosshairs of this rogue nation.

15.   Oh, and if you work hard and earn enough money to leave the democrat controlled, crime ridden cities, never fear. The democrats intend to eliminate the suburbs by forcing low income, government subsidized housing right next door, bringing back the crime that you were attempting to escape.

16.   Beware of the mark of the beast. Micro-chipping every person that will be necessary to make purchases. It will also enable the government to track your every movement.

17.   Think that the democrats have been treating faith unfairly, you ain’t seen nothing yet! It is far past time to put all of us knuckle dragging Bible thumpers in our place. They will tax our churches out of existence.

So, you think this is an overreaction? Well, you say the pendulum always swings back and forth from party to party and it’s just the democrats turn now? Sorry to rain on your parade, but the evidence says otherwise. The democrats have never been so emboldened to embark upon the reformation of this nation into something that the founders never intended. An entire generation has been indoctrinated by our liberal public education system into believing that this nation is innately unfair and was built by white slave owners that took what was never theirs to have. They want what they believe should be theirs and are more than willing to take it from those who have spent a lifetime earning what they have. Problem is, there is no longer anyone in power to stop that from happening. There aren’t even any speedbumps to slow them down. The aforementioned list is by all means, not all-inclusive. Stand by for thrills. We had our opportunity to address  vote fraud and decided to tell jokes like, “democrats say vote early vote often” and “my democrat neighbor’s dead uncle has been voting democrat for years”. This inaction has finally come home to roost. Voting reform will not happen when the party in power benefits from voter fraud. In the future, it will be extremely unlikely that a Republican will ever again win the Presidency. The inaction and civility preferred by the Republican party has ultimately led to their demise.

2020

 

There has been much ado about the conduct of the 2020 Presidential election, particularly in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. After the results indicated that Joe Biden won enough states to thwart President Trump’s reelection bid, allegations of fraud and voting irregularities led to numerous lawsuits challenging the election results in those states. Most of those lawsuits were dismissed due to a lack of proper standing, or the “laches” rule, meaning that the lawsuit was not presented in a timely fashion. Even the Supreme Court refused to hear any of those cases. Roughly half of the country believes that this election was flawed and the results from the battleground states were illegally obtained due to rampant fraud, compromised voting machines and voting software. Those states Election Commissions and Secretaries of State compounded the problem by preventing or obstructing access to President Trump’s legal team. The calls by the democrat party and mainstream media to simply accept the results has, in effect, caused even more distrust by the electorate. Now there will be a number of legislators challenging the results from those states on January 6^th.

The mainstream media calls out Republicans that have indicated that they will challenge the electors from those battleground states, accusing them of being undemocratic and treasonous. It is true that the states are in charge of their elections and that Congress should abide by the will of the people. Congress should never overturn the results of a legally conducted election. But what if the election was plagued with fraud? What if there was ballot stuffing and illegal votes cast? What if ballots were illegally discarded? What if the voting machines were able to be and were compromised? What then is the remedy if the courts refuse to consider evidence and the states certify an illegally conducted election? Senator Cruz has suggested a commission to review those states’ elections. Five Senators, five members of the House and five Supreme Court Justices would conduct ten days of hearing and actually consider the evidence that has not had the opportunity to be adjudicated in a court of law. There is precedence for an appointed commission to consider accusations of fraud in a Presidential election.

All Americans need to have the full faith and confidence in lawfully conducted elections. Without that faith and confidence, our Constitutional Republic would be damaged, perhaps beyond repair. Airing the grievances before this commission would restore integrity in our election system by either validating the complaints or confirming the legitimacy of the incoming administration. The last thing this country needs is another four years of one party calling the duly elected President illegitimate. We must accept whoever is legally elected in order for his administration to be effective. Information and facts are what we, as a people, base our conclusions upon. Present those facts to the American people so that they will be satisfied with the outcome. Do not accept the premise of ignoring millions of our citizens by telling them to accept the results and to simply move on. Make the case and the American people will accept whatever outcome is affirmed.